Xiao Tianyang did not ask for much. His minimum requirement was simply not to lose out.
If he joined the struggle on that basis, there should not be any major surprises.
Xiao Tianyang raised his right hand and pressed it against the ground. Void slowly rose from the shadows.
Then, man and beast left the area.
After a long while, three elderly men with immortal bearing arrived at the cliff's edge.
The elder in the middle frowned. "He should have left only a short while ago..."
The elder on the left hesitated. "Could he have known we were coming and deliberately withdrawn?"
The elder on the right rolled his eyes. "Do you think that's likely?"
"Those two little girls said he could fight Old Knight and the others head-on."
"Listen carefully—they said 'the others,' not just one person."
The elder on the left retorted, "Can we really trust those two little brats completely?"
"I think they were struck by some Illusion Technique. Otherwise, how could they say something so absurd?"
The elder in the middle interrupted them. "Since we were not fated to meet in advance, we can talk when the struggle begins."
"Come. Let us join the army first."
The two nodded at the same time, turned around, and vanished into the sky.
Xiao Tianyang, who had been hiding nearby, only revealed a thoughtful expression after watching them gradually depart.
However, he soon shook his head. "It is not wise to have overly frequent contact with them right now."
"Those old fellows are nothing like the two little girls from before. They will not be so easy to fool. For all we know, they are three old foxes."
He rested a hand on Void's head. "Come, let's find Sima Cuo."
"Woo!"
Void leaped into the shadows like a breaching